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Former MLB All Star Vernon Wells Has Returned to His Other Favorite Sport: Football

January 5, 2024
Three-time MLB All-Star Vernon Wells traded his bat for a whistle, returning to football as a high school coach in Texas.

Most know Vernon Wells for his Gold Glove outfield play and dangerous bat with the Toronto Blue Jays. But football was his first love, and the three-time All-Star has returned to the gridiron as a high school coach in Texas. Wells applies the lessons learned during his decorated baseball career to mentoring the next generation of football players in his adopted home state.